76 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



SEEDS OF GREEN AND HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 



The following varieties can be grown successfully from seed, by proper care and attention. For method of sow- 

 ing, etc., refer to pages 42, 43 and 44. The varieties with an * are suitable for bedding out during the summer. 

 Some of the green-house seeds are very small and delicate, requiring the greatest care to ensure success ; being 

 natives of milder climates, we must endeavor to supply their wants artificially, as near as possible, to suit the 

 climate they come from, which usually is warmth, moisture and the proper soil and drainage. p 1 



*ABUTILON {Chinese Bell-Flower). Green-house shrubs of strong growth and easy cultivation ; free-flow- 

 ering, with various-colored, beautiful drooping bell-shaped flowers. Sown any time before April in a 

 temperature of 60 degrees, they will produce fine flowering plants the first season. 

 Darwini. A constant bloomer, producing 3 to 5 flowers from the axils of each leaf, 2 inches in diameter • 



large, light yellow, veined with crimson, the flowers resemble a parasol; height, 2 feet «o 25 



Fine Mixed. Of choice varieties and colors; 2 to 6 feet 2e 



ACACIA, MIXED. Green-house shrubs of great elegance and variety ; fine cut ornamental foliage, and 

 beautiful racemes of various shades of yellow globular flowers. Soak the seed in warm water before 



sowing. Fine varieties ; 6 to 10 feet 20 



*AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS {Blue- African Lily). Bulbous-rooted, with evergreen foliage' and 

 large heads of small blue flowers. The roots can be preserved during the winter, in a cellar protected 



from frost, or under the stage of a green-house; 3 feet 20 



ALLAMANDA SCHOTTI. A beautiful hot-house evergreen climber, with splendid large yellow flowers. 25 

 *ALSTRCEMERIA CHILENSIS, MIXED {Pulchella). Beautiful, free-flowering, tuberous-rooted 



plants; do best in a southern sheltered position, or for the green-house ; half-hardy perennial ; ij^ feet.. 20 

 AMARYLLIS HYBRIDA, MIXED. Bulbous-rooted plsnts, producing from 2 to 4 of the richest colored 



crimson, scarlet, and white-striped, lily-l.ke flowers ; i^^ feet 25 



ANGELONIA, Grandiflora Atropurpurea. A beautiful green-house shrubby plant. If sown early will 

 flower the first season, and can be treated as a tender annual. Famous for its fragrance ; spikes of dark 



purplish brown flowers, with a white eye 25 



*ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. An herbaceous plant, with singular-shaped scarlet flowers ; 3 feet 10 



*AURICULA, MIXED. A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed saved from splendid choice varie- 

 ties ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches 25 



AZALEA INDICA, MIXED, Beautiful shrubby plants, covered with a mass of bloom, grow best in a 



mixture of rich, fibrous peat and sand ; saved from a collection of showy, various-colored flowers ; 3 ft. 25 

 BEGONIA, REX HYBRIDA, MIXED. Beautiful varieties of the Rex class, with handsome variegated 



foliage, fine for bedding out in warm, shady places ; choice mixed perennials ; 6 inches 25 



*BEGONIA {New Hybrid, tuberous-rooted). These splendid varieties, growing from 12 to 18 inches high, 

 of a branching habit, are covered the whole summer with bright and elegant drooping flowers, in a par- 

 tially shaded border; blooming the first season from seed, if sown in February or March, in a tempera- 

 ture of 63 degrees ; for winter and spring blooming, sow from August to October. Tubers to be taken 

 up and kept from frost in dry sand during the winter. Treat them the same as tender annuals. 



Boliviensis Superba. Large, orange-scarlet flowers 25 



Froebeli. This has beautiful large bright scarlet flowers, formed in large clusters above the foliage 25 



Orange Perfection. Produces various shades, from chrome yellow to the deepest orange 25 



Pearcei. Large bright yellow flowers, and beautiful foliage veined with black 25 



Robusta Perfecta. Remarkable for its robust, compact habit, succulent dark green foliage, and large flow- 

 ers of a brilliant cinnabar-scarlet 25 



Veitchi. Beautiful flowers of the richest scarlet 25 



Mixed Single Varieties Of all the tuberous-rooted class 25. 



BEGONIA, DOUBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED, MIXED. The seed we off'er has been hybridized with 



the greatest care, using the most double flowers, and the handsomest single varieties for that purpose.... 50 

 *BEGONIA, Roezli. A new valuable variety from Mexico. The leaves are alternate, dark green, succu- 

 lent, and the under surface is of a reddish color. Seed sown in April make strong plants by September, 

 attaining a height of twenty inches, and the buds of the inflorescence appear in October, resembling an 

 opening Pseony They are enveloped in a dark red spathe, and rapidly expand into a beautiful umbel 

 of large size, composed of luminous deep red flowers. In a green-house this fine species blooms freely 



and in uninterrupted succession until March. A fine bouquet flower 25 



*Rubra. This constant profuse flowering summer and winter variety is eff"ective for vases, or bedding out 



in half-shady positions ; has dark green foliage, flowers rosy scarlet, glossy and wax-like 25 



*Schmidti. A new beautiful shrubby plant from Brazil. Flowers white, slightly tinged with pink, contrast- 

 ing finely with the foliage, being of a dark green, with a metallic lustre. Its dwarf branching globe- 

 shaped habit makes it a most desirable decorative as well as a market plant, being literally covered with 

 owers from May until November, and blooming all winter in the green-house ; also a fine bedding plant. 25 

 CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA. An ornamental superb herbaceous perennial plant, prod;.cinga mass of beau- 

 tiful pocket-like flowers early in the spring, and are universal favorites for the decoration of the green- 

 house or conservatory ; treated the same as tender annuals. For the sowing of seed, see pages 43 and 44. 

 Grandiflora, Tall Mixed. Large-flowering, robust and very floriferous, being completely covered with 



beautiful rich, self-colored flowers ; saved from a choice collection ; of all colors ; 20 inches 50 



Grandiflora Tigrina, Tall Mixed. Large-flowering, of tigered and spotted flowers; the very finest mix- 

 ture of the most brilliant colors ; 20 inches 50 



Grandiflora Pumila Compacta. The features of this new strain are dwarf, compact, robust growth, 



producing immense trusses of large and varied brilliant self-colored and spotted flowers ; i foot 50 



*Rugosa, Mixed (.S"/zr?^i5i$;)'). Bedding, small-flowering varieties ; of the finest colors ; 2 feet 50 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA DOUBLE, MIXED. Favorite winter-flowering, half-hardy green-house 

 shrubs. Soak the seed before sowing, as they lie long dormant; sow in sandy peat and loam. Seed 



saved from the finest double varieties ; from 5 to 10 feet 25 



*CHAM.ffi:PEUCE DIACANTHA {Ivory Thistle). This elegant perennial Thistle, with its beautiful long 

 variegated downy leaves, and thickly set spines, is very ornamental for garden decorations ; the midrib 

 and spines are ivory-white and the leaves glossy green, shaded by a snowy down ; 2 feet 10 



